Japanische Dichtungen Weissaster ein romantisches Epos nebst anderen Gedichten frei nachgebildet von Prof. Dr. Karl Florenz, zweited Auflage (Japanese Poetry: The White Chrysanthemum, a Romantic Poem Cycle and other Poems freely reproduced by Prof. Dr. Karl Florenz, Second Edition)

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Japanische Dichtungen Weissaster ein romantisches Epos nebst anderen Gedichten frei nachgebildet von Prof. Dr. Karl Florenz, zweited Auflage (Japanese Poetry: The White Chrysanthemum, a Romantic Poem Cycle and other Poems freely reproduced by Prof. Dr. Karl Florenz, Second Edition)

The White Aster
（日本語の題無し）

Translator: Dr. Karl Florenz (1865–1939)
Artist unknown, Japanese
Printer: Komiya Yasu (Japanese)
Printer: Saitô Shôdatsu (Japanese)
Publisher: C. F. Amelang Verlag, Leipzig
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejirô (Japanese, 1853–1938)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Creped book; ink and color in woodblock and letterpress on paper

Dimensions Overall: 19.7 x 15 cm (7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.); chûbon

Credit Line Gift of Henry Meyer

Accession Number2014.1008

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Provenance1980s/early 1990s, purchased from a dealer in Japan by Henry Meyer, Wakefield, RI; 2014, gift of Henry Meyer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)